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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-05-12
INTERSTATE COMMISSION.

Judge Cooley GA the Limited Powers OF
the COmmissiOn-The Haul Struggle,
NEW ORLEANS, May 3.-The Interstate
Commission met here yesterday. Judge
| Cooley in opening the proceedings said
ut may be well to state at the outset that
the scope of our authority in the premises
| is very much limited and we do not purpose
to go beyond it, Our Investigations are
under the act, bat they are not for any pur-
pose of questioning the propriety, justice
or expediency of that legislation. On the
| other hand, all that has been settled for US,
and we are here simply for the purpose of
determining the question whether, in pur-
suance of that legislation, we shall, in GER
tain isolated cases which have been brought
to our attention, make exceptional orders
which shall give relief in these cases from
the ordinary operations of the law. That
is all we purpose to do, and all we have
any authority to DO"
The Commision then heard large num-
Der of petitions for and circumstances
| against the enforcement of section of the
law. The citizens of Shreveport, La, pre-
sented a petition saying that If the fourth
section were enforced against the Texas &
Pacific road the business of the city would
be destroyed, and W. w. Finley, general
freight agent of the road. corroboratcd the
statement, saying that the city depended
almost entirely on distant cities for its sup
ply, ana tnaG competition between Ine
steamboat lines of the Red river and the
railroad had been very sharp, causing the
railroad to reduce rates.
James Crandall, a merchant Of ShreVe-
port, sand that previous to the passage OF
the Interstate Commerce bill Shreveport
was getting cheap rates to Kansas City, ST.
Louis and other points in Kansas and Mis-
souri,, but since it's passage rates have
advanced one hundred per cent.
Orleans hnr of
Sugar Exchange. Merchants and Manufac-
turers' Association and Mechanics, Deal
ers and Lumbermen's Exchange presented
petitions calling for an enforcement of the
law, and testimony was given in support Of
the request.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-05-12
Fen Fron, a Ruildinr.

CHICAGO, May 4-Se1h NJ. Murdough.
manager OF the Boston Oyster House, fell
from the roof OF the building corner OF
Clark and Madison streets, in which the
restaurant is situated, yesterday afternoon
and was instantly killed, the body being
horribly mangled. Murdough is supposed
to have gone to the roof to examine q pipe
and to have accidentally fallen on, but
thsse are some indications of suicide or muir
der On the roof was found a pistol with
one cha, mber empty, and there are also
prints of a hand wet with blood along the
edge of the roof. One story is that Muir
dough was followed TO the roof by some
one and killed. The revolver has not been
identified.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-05-12
EarthQuake-

ALBUoUEKUE. N. NJ, May An the old
town people were terror-stricken and many
of the natives feared new eruption from
an extinct crater near here Court was IN
session In the new court house, occupied
for the first time yesterday. Those in the
court room thought the structure was about
to fall and stampede was made for the
doors The judge hurriedly adjourned the
court and the officials joined In the rush.
The shock appears to have b4en general
throughout the Southeast. Reports indi-
cate that il was more severe at Ell Paso
than here At SEN Marcial two distinct
shocks We're felt and the alarm was gen.
eral At Lake Valley, 200 miles south, two
shocks were distinguishable. Vibrations
east to west continued and time reported at
9:l2
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-05-12
STILL UNSETTLED
The Situation Between France and Ger
many Still Critical.

The Situation Between France and Ger
many Still Critical.
NEW York, May A London cable
says; IN. fSchnaebeles has retired upon
his laurels, refusing the diamond cross of
the Legion of Honor, which the readers of
La France were subscribing to purchase for
him. As regards the further consequence
of the incident, particularly the forcible
lGermanlzation of Alsace-L or raine, my
Paris correspondent writes this morning,
as follows: without attaching to inflated
articles OF French papers the i'm
portance they do not possess or
Deserve, it is hardly to be ex-
pected that the French people will indefi-
nitely look on with composure, while their
former 'cOuntrymen are being dragooned
out of the country or being GermaniZed at
the swords point. Thus an uneasy feeling
continues to prevail. Though the danger
of Immediate war seems averted. it can not
be said that there exists any thing like firm
confidence in the maintenance of peace, if
the armed truce now existing cali be so de-
scribed. i learn that there is great effer-
vescenoe throughout Alsace. If an insur-
rection against Germany were to break out
tsaere is no doubt it would be soon sup
pressed. But who would be rash enough
to anticipate what effect q would have on
Francee"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-05-12
ANOTHER DISASTER.
Terrible Marine Disaster Reported ON the
Coast OF Newfoundland


Coast OF newfoundland
BosroN, May "A st. Johns, Newfound-
land, special says: ''The first news reached
here yesterday afternoon of an appalling
marine disaster that occurred at the south
west point of Channel Harbor, to the east
ward of Cape Race, late Saturday night.
Shortly after midnight the inhabitants OF
the neighboring shore were aroused from
their slumbers by the sound of a steamship
horn. fastening to the edge of the water
they peered through darkness, rain and
fog to locate the position OF the
blowing steamer. Presently rockets were
observed to shoot up toward the heavens
in rapid succession, showing that an
unknown craft was in need of assistance
The vessel was only about 400 yards from
land, but heavy gale and a tremendous
sea prevented boats from being sent to the
rescue. Torches and tar barrels were
! burned along the beach, and bells were
sounded in order to give the imperiled peo-
pie an idea of their position, but beyond
this it was absolutely impossible to make
any attempt to aid the vessel. The signals
made on the shore could be seen on board
the vessel. Heartrending cries from those
in distress were borne in on tGe gale.
About 80 o'clock, two hours after the
alarm was first given, the ship made a
plunge and disappeared beneath the
sea The storm continued till day
break, when it subsidized sufficiently
to allow boats to put off to the scene
OF the nights catastrophe. Plenty OF
wreckage was found floating about
| from which the Inflated steamer was
found to be the John Knox. Captain
Brolly, from Glasgow, bound for
| Quebec, with a cargo Of iron, liquors and
| bricks. The bodies of the captain ami five
| of the crew have been recovered, one Of the
latter having been identified by certifi-
cate of discharge found in his coat Iocket
as that of Fireman John Mcclure. AS the
steamer had a crew of about thirty, there
are over dozen bodies still missing. The
John Knox was steamer of 1851 tons
register, built at Jarrow in 1888. She was
owned by Neil Mclean of Glasgow.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-05-12
naRo-woRkrne WOMEN.
The Life Led by Female Employees OS .
Spanish Tobacco Factory.

The Life Led by Female Employees Oe .
Spanish Tobacco Factory.
A soberer phase of Sevillian life is
seen at the Government tobacco fac
tory. This enormous establishment
employs about 5000 women and girls.
1t manufactures cigars and cigarettes
for the Spanish market, using for that
purpose mainly Cuban and North
paid for their work by the piece, and
receive from four to six reals eighteen
to twenty-seven cents) per day. They
are permitted to come to the factory
from seven to ten o'clock a. M, and
may remain until eight P m They
must all reside outside Of the Govern
ment premises, which are surrounded
by moat and kept under strict military
guard to prevent smuggling. No
schools or hospitals are provided for
the employees, of whom most are very
ignorant, and some immoral. Not
more than one in a hundred can read.
Most of them are young, but some are
middle-aged, some very old, and some
ret children. Many who are mothers
bring their infants with them, and the
babes are seen coddled in cradles or
growing amid the tobacco leaves on
the work-tables. Beside these tables
the women sit in groups of fifteen or
twenty, and there being no partition
separating one department from an
other, an entire floor constitutes but
one vast chamber. The chatter of the
toilers fills the room with continual
din. Most of the women are true
Spaniards in appearance, with tawny
skin and hair and eyes black as coal.
Some are quite handsome, but the COM
plexions of most have apparently
suffered from the life and occupation
they follow. 1t could scarcely be other
wise, sitting every day as they do in
an atmosphere saturated with the fumes
of nicotine. Some of the girls wore
| roses in their black hair, and noticed
one pale little maid who kept a bunch
of flowers amid the tobacco on the
table before her. -IateriOr.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-05-12
The Correct TIme.

There are very few men who do not pride
themselves on always having the correct
time; and wonderful and delicate mechan-
isms are devised to enable them to do SO.
But the more delicate q chronometer Is
made, the more subject it becomes to de-
rangement, and unless it be kept always
perfectly clean, it soon loses its usefulness.
What wonder, then, that the human ma
chinese much more delicate and intricate
than any work of Man-should require TO
be kept thoroughly cleansed. The liver is
the main-spring of this complex structure,
and on the Impurities left in the blood by a
disordered liver. depend most of the ills
that flesh is heir to. Even consumption
(Which is lung-scrofula), is traceable TO the
diseases, skin diseases, sick headache, heart
disease, dropsy, and a long catalogue of
grave maladies have their origin in tor
pid, or sluggish liver. DR. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery, by establishing a
healthy, normal action of the liver, acts as
a cure and preventive of these diseases.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-05-12
"CitiIan" rrain and OMAHA.

OMAHA, Neh- May 1-"CitizeHa George
Francis Trains secretary. II. c. Remis, is
here and says that he ,osmes to bring suit
IL the courts for title to 5000 lots located
IN the most deasely populated part of the
city of an estimated HvaAne of So, %, GOO
He says that Train lost possession of the
property by being adiudged harmlessly in
sane Herman Kauntze is now the owner
of gseat share OF the lots, and claims that
his title Is regular and good. Train 10 ;st
Tacoma. W. 7.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-05-12

The recently patented Siemens
Lungren gas lamp, of one hundred and
fifty candle power, it is said, consumes
but twelve cubic feet of gas per hour,
producing thirteen candles of light to
the cubic foot of gas. The best argand
burner gives about one and one-half
candles per cubic foot-BoSto71 Budget.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-05-12
Unpleasant For Phelps.

New YORK, May The Home Rule Club
of this city last night took into considera-
ton the statement of Minister Phelps that
Americans as alrule were nHt in favor of
Home RGle in Ireland, and il was decided
to ask Secretary Bayard if such state
ment was correct, and if so, te declare that
Mr.. Phelps no longer represented the peo-
pie of the United. States and consequently
should be recalled from the Eeglish Gov
ernment.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-05-12
Afghahstan.

LONDON, May I'm the House of Lords
last evening Viscount Cross, Secretary of
State for India, announced that Lord
Duferin, Viceroy of India. did not confirm
the report that the Khyber pass had been
closed by the rebels. The Viscount added
that the Government had no reason to be-
leve that the forces of the Ameer of Az
ghanistan had been defeated.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-05-12
A memory of Early DAYS.

Bane of childhood's tender years,
Swallowed oft with groans and tears
How IL made the flesh recoil.
IOathsome, greasy castor DILL
Search your early memory close,
Till you find another dose:
All the shuddering frame revolts
At the thought of EPSON saltsl
Underneath the pill-box lid
Was greater horror hid,
Climax of all inward ills,
Huge and gripping old blue pillsi
What a contrast to the mild and gentle
action of DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Purgative
Pellets, sugar-coated, easy to take, cleans
ing, recuperating, renovating the system
without wrenchng it with agony. Sold by
druggists.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-05-12
She is the Idol of my Heart.

70 hin, haciI, The roees ~ ner cbeeSs Cd
the light to her eyess Don't you see she is
suffering from nervous debility, the result
of female weaknessl
A bottle of DIR. Harter's Iron Tonic will
brighten those pale cheeks and send new
life through that wasted form. If you love
her take heed.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-05-12

In another column Of this issue will be
found an entirely new and novel specimen
OF attractive advertising. 1t is one of the
neatest ever placed in our paper and we
think our readers will be well repaid for
examining the SUPPOSED display letters in
the advertisement of Prickly Ash Bitters.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-05-12
DeIIcate CbIIdren. Nur.,nr

Mothers, Overworked Men, and for all dis
eases where the tissues are wasting away
from the inability to digest ordinary food,
or from overwork Of the brain or body. ali
such should take Scott's Emulsion of Pure
Cod Liver Oil with Hypophosphites. al
used the Emulsion on lady who was deli
cate, and threatened with Bronchitis. 1t
/ must say it is the best Emulsion I ever
USED. IL. P. WADDELL, NJ. D., Hugh's
Mills, S. c.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-05-12
$500 Reward

is offered, in good faith, by the manufact-
urers of DR.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy for a
case of catarrh which they can not cure. 1t
Is mild, soothing and healing in its effects
and cures "cold in the head,' catarrhal
deafness, throat ailments, and many other
complications of this distressing disease.
50 cents, by druggists.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-05-12

The treatment of many thousands of cases
ailments peculiar to females, at the Invalidss
Hotel and Surgical Institute, Buffalo, n; "
ing and thoroughly testing remedies for the
cure Of woman,s Pec9lISr, msl S.,,,,or
"a the outVrowth. or result, of this great and
valuable experience. Thousands of testimo-
malls, received from pctients and from physi-
waited and obstinate cases which had battied
their SKILL prove IL 10 be the most wonderful
remedy ever devised for the relief and cure OF
suffering women. 1t is not recommended as q
" cure-an" but as a most perfect Specific for
AS a powerful, .inVigOrating tonic,
it imparts strength to the whole system,
particular. For overworked, worn out,
rundown" debilitated teachers. milliners,
Keepers. nursing mothers, and feeble women
generally, DR.: Pierce's Favorite Prescription
as an, appetizing cordial and restorative tonic
As soothing and strength ening
qualed and is invaluable I'm allaying and SUBJ
DUNG nervous exelCabihty, irr1tabihty, ex-
Other Ou,.s distEessing. nervous symptoms com
monty attendant upon functional and organic
eep sn ID Ies mental ANXIETY and de
Dr.. Pferce's Favorite Prescription
oomPounded by an experienced ind skillf9l
composition and perfectly harmless in its
effects in any condition of the system. For
morning sickness, or nausea. from whatever
cause arising, weak stomach, indigestion, dys--
Pepsia and Kindred symptoms, its use, In small,
doses, will prove very beneficial
0EaVOrIto Prescription - Is q posi-
tive cure for the most complicated and OBJ
stinate cases OF leucorrhea, excessive howinge.
painful menstruation, unnatural 6uppressions,
prolapsus, or falling of the womb, weak back,
female weakness" anteversion, retroversion,
bearing down sensations chronic congestion.
Inflammation and liberation of the womb, in
| f1ammation. pain and tenderness in oYariesS-
accompanied with " internal heat"
As q regulator and promoter or func~
tional action. at that critical period of change
from girlhoOd to womanhood, "Favorite Pre-
scription Is perfectly safe remedial agent
and can produce only good results. It is,
equally eficacious and valuable in its effects
when taken for those disorders and derange-
ments incident to that later and most critical
period known as " The Change of Life"
0EaVOrtte PreScrfptiOn,Iw when taken
in connection with the use of DIR. Pierce'9
Golden Medical Discovery, and small laxative
doses of DIR. Pierce5 PurRative Pellets little
Liver Pills.. cures Liver. Kidney and Bladder
diseases. Their combined use also removes
/ blood taints, and abolishes cancerous and
| ecrofulous humors from the system.
| "EaVOrite Prescriptions Is the only
medicine for women, sold by druggists, under
/ a positive guarantee, from the manu-
facturers, that it will give satisfaction in every
case, or money will be refunded. This guaran-
| tee has been printed on the bottle-wrapper,
| and faithfully carried out for many years.
Large bottles goo doses) $1.OO, or six
bottles for $500.
For large. illustrated Treatise on Diseases on
e M0%en IN Gao Psge SFess Send tea
Verbs DispsnsarY Medical Association,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-05-12

HARVARD boys call the female depart
ment oil the university the Ann X.'-
BurLinqton Free Press.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-05-12

CURE your cough with Hale's Honey OF
Horehound and Tar.
Pixies TOothache Drops Cure in one minute.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-05-12

If afflicted with Sore Eyes use DR.. Isaac
Thompson's EyeWater. Druggists sell it 25c-
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-05-12

HORSES from the Pacific slope ought to
have golden gait.-Teras SUtings.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-05-12

TIE chicken is a fret-ful animal; every
once in awhile it is getting into a stew.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-05-12

New York Club Stables, 1917 E. 2sth St., |
New York Oct. Goth, 1886.
IT gives me great pleasure to add my
testimony to the great curative qualities of
St Jacobs Oil, having used several cases
of the Oil in my stable, can safely say it is
the best iniment.
CALVIN II. PRIEST.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-05-12

PIso's Remedy for Catarrh is agreeable
to use. 1t is not liquid or a snuff. SOC.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-05-12

THERE are q great many things which
cause man to drink, and one OF them is
thirst--Te1Gs Siffinqs.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-05-12

AFTER all the greatest fishery trouble is
when they won't Philadelphia Chron-
LcLe-HerGld.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-05-12

THERE is one consistent thing about q
bachelor-he rips what he sews.-Burlilg-
ton Free Press
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-05-12

THE most wonderful fight on record
was when the chimney hew.-LOtOeu
Courier.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-05-12

"CALL again." gently murmured the
poker player as he scooped in the pot.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-07-15
The Facts in the Case.

Some things do not work out quite
the same now as they did in biblical
times. The other day little event
happened in New York as follows:
A certain rich man went down from
Jerusalem to Wall street, and fell
among thieves who stripped him of all
he had, and wounded him in BODY and
spirit. and left him half dead.
And by chance there came down a
certain man that was also rich and had
been chosen friend of him who lay
so sore distressed; and when he
saw him he passed by on the other
side.
And so there came down News
paper; and it came much closer than
the others. and he who was in sore
distress thought of a certainty that sue
cor was come to him at last; but
the Newspaper only questioned
him strictly and then passed by
on the other side on a trot and told
long stories of the poverty of man and
also that lie never did amount to much,
not being even SO much as the tenth
part of what he was cracked up to
be; and printed his picture. drawn by
the janitor, and said that he would
soon drive street car. And all
these things the man read. and he wept
and was cast down in spirit.
But certain dlme-museum proprie-
tor, as he journeyed, came where he
was; and when he saw him he had
compassion on him, and bound up his
wounds, and said to him: "arise and
come with me, and will give you even
800 dollars each week to stand on a
platform with card hung from your
Deck" .-, - 49, .
And when the man heard this he
cried out with loud voice, and sank
by the wayside. And so he died.
Dakota Bell. --: +. -
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-07-15
JULY.
you the songs are sung

81 . s
JULY--for you the songs are sung F53t
BY birds the leafy trees among;
With merry carolings they wake s.
The meadows at the mornings break,
And through the day the lisping breeze
Is woven with their tree-top glees. E
For you the prattling, pebbly brooks
Are full of tales like story books.
For you a fragrant incense burns 5,.
Within the gardens blossom -urns
Which tempt the bees to hasten home
With honey for their honey-comb. ~
The river, like looking-glass,
Reflects the feecy clouds that pass,
Until it makes MS almost doubt
If earth and sky are MT changed about.
July-,for you, in silence deep +
The world seems fallen fast asleep,
Save on one glorious holiday,
When all our books we put away
And every little maid and man
Is proud to be American!
frank Dsnspster Sherman, in st. Nicholas.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-07-15

Science says that oatmeal is one OF the
cheapest foods we have; that is. it furnish
es more nutritive MATERIAL in proportion
to the cost, than almost any other food.
pay for o.29 OF Il pound of nutrients in
beef sirloin, O.4O in round beef, and O.92
IN neck beef; oysters DIP; shad and blue
fish about OPS; cheese .08 to 1856; milk
O.99; wheat bread EOS to 2.75. Compar-
ing the dietarics OF manual laborers or
mechanics in Europe and America Science
finds that in this country a large excess
of food is consumed, not only by we'll to.do
people, but also by those in moderate cir
cumstances, and this excess consists main
ly in meats and sweetmeats, which are OK.
pensive, as we'll as physiologically injuri-
Gus when consumed in too large quantities"
DIR. Foots Health Monthly.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-07-15
Breaking Down and Building Up.

physical strength, the question OF its recovery
depends in great measure upon the length OF
time he allows to elapse before adopting me.
dicinal means to recuperate it. A tonic, which
gives speedy and powerful impulse to the pro-
of digestion and ASST initiation, is the best
auxiliary he can employ, and he should resort
to them promptly The most reliable depend
ever proved to be- Hostetter's stomach Bitters'
an invigorant ofnational reputation and proven
worth, commended by medical men of distnc-
ton, not only for building up a broken-down
patton, liver complaint fever and ague, and kid
ney trouble. While not claimed to be pana-
cea, it is most useful and comprehensive house
hold remedy. It is, moreover, eminently safe
as well as effective.